kneefglarp1928 t1_izt10zq wrote
Reply to comment by BlasterBilly in Used drywall compound instead of tile adhesive. How screwed am I ? by xdr567
lol if you hired someone and they made this mistake you should 1. not pay them. 2. tell them to gtfo immediately without touching anything else. 3. never call them again.
edit: i guess you guys think I'm being too hard on OP. its a DIY project, its not a big deal that he made a mistake and it should be easy to fix. on the other hand if you hired this out and the contractor made this mistake: It's honestly unforgivable that someone claiming to be a professional either couldn't tell the difference between thinset and drywall mud or didn't know they couldn't substitute that. they are really not similar enough in texture or appearance that anyone with any experience would make that mistake. even worse is if they didn't know the difference: that would mean that not only have they never done this before, they didn't even bother spending even 10 minutes educating themselves on how to do this job before they showed up. they would have known they couldn't use drywall mud after watching one video on youtube on tile before walking through the door.
kleinisfijn t1_iztcsza wrote
If they would inform me about a mistake they made, they would get every next job too! Honesty should be payed back.
Now if they made the mistake and didn't tell me, then we're getting to your solution.
kneefglarp1928 t1_izte4cm wrote
yeah but this would be the kind of mistake that betrays some kind of deep lack of understanding on the part of the guy doing the work. if a contractor did this I would have an honest suspicion the worker is literally illiterate. as a diy project mistake its no harm/ no foul.
Yowomboo t1_izvsg0e wrote
I don't think people understand how difficult it is to mix up pre-mixed mortar or mastic for joint compound. The texture and smell is different for each one. A professional making that mistake is VERY concerning.
asr t1_izte8vy wrote
That's your reaction to someone picking up the wrong bucket of material?
Yikes. Humans make mistakes. It's all in how they handle things after the mistake. But to be that harsh for a mistake?
kneefglarp1928 t1_izuco30 wrote
In this hypothetical situation, this would be like getting two new tires on your pickup, but when you go to pick it up they accidentally put two 29" bicycle tires on your rims instead of two 29" light truck tires. They don't see the problem and expect you to drive away like this. You'd be like yeah, hmm, I see how that could be confusing, they're both 29" tires after all. no big deal, you guys take care of this, OK? you guys are totally competent enough to put the proper tires on after we've had this issue and learned from this mistake. carry on.
this would be like your plumber accidentally substituting some 1 1/2" galvanized fence post for 1 1/2 galvanized iron pipe and not noticing the difference, your electrician substituting some shit like this as a ground wire because they're both wire coated in green plastic https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-5-32-in-x-50-ft-Vinyl-Coated-Wire-Clothesline-Green-65025/202957532 and you'd be all like, yeah, no problem, I trust you to finish the job properly.
does this hypothetical drywall/tile guy just dump all his materials into unlabeled home depot buckets and drive around not knowing which of his 7 buckets is 90 minute mud, which is easy sand, which is thinset, which is grout, which is fertilizer for the roses at this one customer, this one bucket of diatomaceous earth for his swimming pool gig, and this one is calcium chloride, for when its snowing...
ShuRugal t1_izuei3h wrote
Yeah, as a DIY job, this mistake is a teachable moment, if it were a professional job, it would be a straight up "GTFO and touch nothing on the way" moment.
ShuRugal t1_izueukn wrote
I agree with the other guy. If a "professional" made this error and managed to do several square feet of wall without noticing, every single other thing that "professional" has touched is now suspect. This is the same level of fuckup as a body shop using house paint on your car.
Yowomboo t1_izvsd4g wrote
Pre-mixed mortar or mastic only share a color with joint compound. Aside from that they have all wildly different textures and smells. It is hard to mix them up if you've actually used them a few times.
tomato_rancher t1_iztkp84 wrote
I agree. If this were done by a pro, there'd be no excuse.
Thinset and joint compound are different in every conceivable way... Texture, appearance, smell. I haven't tasted either, but I'd imagine they taste different too.
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